Welcome to the 8th Annual Mod of the Year Awards - the premiere event that celebrates the best creations within the modding and indie gaming scene. Developers have delivered plenty of great gameplay experiences this year, and now it is our turn as gamers to nominate and recognize the best of 2009.

From now until Feb 20th, we shall be sharing a year in review and showcasing the editors' picks of 2009, culminating in the announcement of this year's best mod and game as voted by you. The top mods and games will win the honors of being placed alongside other projects that have gone on to become commercial successes and cement their place in ModDB's hall of fame. And to the winner goes the spoils; ModDB has teamed up with a whole lineup of sponsors that have provided prizes ranging from software to servers to beanbags. Everything to help budding developers excel at their craft.

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cW#Ravenblood - - 6,703 comments

I love all those Indieas!
Hope I can buy them (Hope theyre free lol)
congrats guys!

And I am very happy that Overgrowth won! I like it very much!
But dont be sad guys (I mean the not winner), you make also such a awesome game that u are nominees!! And this is very awesome!

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Wiweeyum - - 347 comments

Good choice. I wholeheartedly agree. I learned about a few new indies right there... ironic.

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2009 saw many new Indies to arrive on the ModDB turf and many updates for those who are getting close to release, to be nominated for an award in Best Upcoming Indie projects need to have been updated significantly during 2009 and have not released (obviously). Here are the Editors of ModDB's top selection of 2009.